- Postage stamps - 8 Updates
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| ggggg9271@gmail.com: Sep 22 10:26PM -0700 http://www.harlandaily.com/news/22456/analysis-postal-woes-demand-jump-in-stamp-price-to-60-cents |
| "catalpa" <catalpa@entertab.org>: Sep 23 05:16PM -0400 <ggggg9271@gmail.com> wrote in message news:3bc7c8bf-03d6-4548-a44d-12df1d6e32b1@googlegroups.com... > http://www.harlandaily.com/news/22456/analysis-postal-woes-demand-jump-in-stamp-price-to-60-cents Who uses snail mail? I have to mail something about once every 3 months. |
| ItsJoan NotJoann <itsjoannotjoann@webtv.net>: Sep 23 02:29PM -0700 On Saturday, September 23, 2017 at 4:16:51 PM UTC-5, catalpa wrote: > > http://www.harlandaily.com/news/22456/analysis-postal-woes-demand-jump-in-stamp-price-to-60-cents > Who uses snail mail? > I have to mail something about once every 3 months. Pretty much the same thing here. I do mail in my property taxes as the company that does the credit/debit card processing for the county for this tax charges a 2.25% convenience fee. That doesn't sound like much but it comes out to be about $43 so I'm more than willing to write a check and spring for a postage stamp. |
| Vic Smith <thismailautodeleted@comcast.net>: Sep 23 05:03PM -0500 On Sat, 23 Sep 2017 14:29:47 -0700 (PDT), ItsJoan NotJoann <itsjoannotjoann@webtv.net> wrote: >for this tax charges a 2.25% convenience fee. That doesn't sound like >much but it comes out to be about $43 so I'm more than willing to write >a check and spring for a postage stamp. RE taxes was the last holdout for me. But they got their act together about 5-7 years ago. I pay the 1 buck "transaction fee" but I happen to bank with Chase, else I'd still be sending a check. I sent a check to the lawyer who protests my RE tax assessment every 3 years a couple months ago, and that's the only check I've used in a couple years. The only use I see for checks is paying tradesmen for work on my house, or maybe buying a car. |
| ItsJoan NotJoann <itsjoannotjoann@webtv.net>: Sep 23 04:12PM -0700 On Saturday, September 23, 2017 at 5:03:50 PM UTC-5, Vic Smith wrote: > years a couple months ago, and that's the only check I've used in a couple years. > The only use I see for checks is paying tradesmen for work on my house, or maybe buying a > car. ACK! I wish whoever did the online banking transactions for my county only charged a dollar. $43 'convenience fee' is highway robbery but at least I have a choice to mail or pay in person. I had to write a check back in July for a new water heater installation and that was the first check I'd written since February. A pad of checks lasts me 2,3,4 years. |
| Bob F <bobnospam@gmail.com>: Sep 23 04:18PM -0700 On 9/23/2017 4:12 PM, ItsJoan NotJoann wrote: > least I have a choice to mail or pay in person. I had to write a check > back in July for a new water heater installation and that was the first > check I'd written since February. A pad of checks lasts me 2,3,4 years. Can't you pay the tax using your banks online bill pay? It's a direct transfer, not a CC that they have to pay fees on. |
| Vic Smith <thismailautodeleted@comcast.net>: Sep 23 06:52PM -0500 >> check I'd written since February. A pad of checks lasts me 2,3,4 years. >Can't you pay the tax using your banks online bill pay? It's a direct >transfer, not a CC that they have to pay fees on. Before my county set up the online payment, you had to send in the tax bill with your payment. Still can't pay with the bank online system. Have to go to the county online site. |
| The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com>: Sep 23 06:13PM -0700 On 09/23/2017 04:18 PM, Bob F wrote: >> check I'd written since February. A pad of checks lasts me 2,3,4 years. > Can't you pay the tax using your banks online bill pay? It's a direct > transfer, not a CC that they have to pay fees on. The State of California charges something like $17.00 if you want to pay your state income taxes directly using H&RBlock tax software (presumably the same for TurboTax), which seems incredibly stupid. Last time I tried to pay the federal tax with TT it screwed up badly and I ended up sending them paper and a check on April 15. Every since then I've sent paper for both. I send checks for all taxes. Everything else I pay via CC or online banking. -- Cheers, Bev "Everything sucks; reverse the wires and everything will blow." -- Desert Ed |
| ggggg9271@gmail.com: Sep 23 11:43AM -0700 "www.scpr.org/news/2017/09/23/75923/installing-solar-panels-on-your-home-could-become/" |
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